Vessel construction



M. GOLEIN.

VESSEL CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED MAY12.1919.

Patented Nov. ll, 1919.

Mark Golelfmm Witness @o SQ-S.

@Mom/w13 v MARK GOLEIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

VESSEL CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 11, 1919..

Application led May 12, 1919. Serial No. 296,487.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, MARK GOLEIN, a citizen of United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vessel Construction, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in vessels, the principal object being the provision of a novel form of hull which will present the least possible resistance to the progress of the vessel and eliminate suction or drag at the stern and friction upon the bottom of the hull.

Another object-is the provision of a hull in which the impelling means is so positioned as to impart a maximum of forward movement to the hull, which, together with the reduced resistance and friction, will result in a material increase of speed and a reduction in the necessary operating power.

A further object is the provision of a vessel which, in addition to traveling through the water, may be mounted upon wheels driven by the vessels engine or motor for travel over land, or, the hull of the vessel may be filled with air to increase its buoyancy and permit of its traveling through the air.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear as the following description is read in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings;

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a vessel constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is an end view with part of the hull broken away.

Referring to the drwings in detail, wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the hull of a vessel is indicated at 10. The bottom of the hull is provided with spaced longitudinally disposed f'ms 11, which extend rearward and at their forward ends are joined and provide a keel 12, which extends below the fins. The space at the rear of the keel l2 provides a central Lchannel 13 and within this channel and upon the opposite sides of the fins 11 are propellers 14;. These propellers are positioned at the forward ends of the fins and within the beam of the hull and operate to provide impelling means.

Additional propellers 15 are located upon opposite sides of the ins and within the line of the latter, being spaced from the extreme rear ends of the said fins. Extending from the stern end of the fins are other propellers 16, all of the said propellers being driven ylt suitable motive power contained in the The hull 10 is provided with an air-tight compartment 17, which is adapted to be lilled with air to increase the buoyancy of the vessel, the said compartment or compartments being further provided with burners 18 for heating the air so as to further increase the buoyancy.

Positioned along the sides of the hull are wheels 19, the latter being mounted upon axles 20, which are driven from the engine or motor, the latter being indicated by the dotted lines at 21 in Fig. 1. Extending upwardly through the hull are smoke stacks 22, which are surrounded by turrets 23 and positioned within these turrets are guns 24:.

' The stacks 22 are covered with a suitable grating 25 to prevent the entrance of shells or other objects.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

l. A vessel embodying a hull, longitudinally extending substantially parallel fins located upon the bottom of the hull, impelling means positioned upon each side of and within the lines of the fins and a keel formed within the bottom of the vessel between the fins and extending below the same.y

2. A vessel embodying a hull, longitudinally extending substantially parallel fins located upon the bottom of the hull, impelling means positioned upon each side of and y within the lines of the insV and av leel formed nally extending Substantially parallel fins' located upon the bottom of the hull and forming a medial channel insaid hull, impelling means positioned upon each side of and within the lines of the ns and a keel formed upon the bottom of the vessel forward of the medial channel, said keel merging into and extending below the fins.

MARK GOLEIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve eents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

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